For many, God is elusive if not ineffable, yet there is a way that may draw us nearer to him. The creative arts mark out human civilisation and in their nurture they provide a path to a higher spiritual plane that can connect to the mystery of his presence When was the last time you felt you were in the presence of the divine? That is undoubtedly a very big question. Some years ago, when I was privileged to meet His Holiness Pope John Paul II, I ventured to ask him how many times he felt he had been in the presence of God. His response was: “I don’t think more than one or twice, but that was enough for many lifetimes.”It is given to few to function on a pope’s exalted level, yet I would suggest that, even outside the context of formal or informal worship, we can a